阅读理解

　　Tom Dyson tried to find out what his new machine could do. One day he fixed the small box to a flowering plant that was growing in a pot. He didn't say anything at all, but he began to think some cruel thoughts.

　　“I'm going to cut off these flowers. They're getting old and ugly. So I'll cut them off…”

　　The needle on the machine climbed quickly from  zero to 8, then 10, 12, 15. It stopped at 17. The plant was in trouble! Something was worrying it. Was it fear or sadness? The thought of being cut? The flowers bent their heads. They suddenly looked old and tired, and Tom felt sorry for them.

　　“No, no!” he cried.“I won't cut you. You're my friends. I just want you to grow and be lovely. I'll take you outside, into the sunshine. You'll like that, won't you?”

　　The flowers lifted their heads slowly and seemed to smile at him. The needle returned to zero. Tom put away the machine, picked up the plant and walked outside. It was very nice in the garden that morning.

　　All plants enjoy their owner's love and care and kindness. They know the sound of their voice. They also seem to understand people's thoughts. So if you have flowers of your own, think about them with love. They will return your kindness in the only way they can: they will grow strong and beautiful.

1．Choose the right order of the events given in the passage.

[　　]

a．The needle pointed to 17.

b．Tom felt sorry for the flowers.

c．Tom thought of cutting off the flowers.

d．The flowers looked old and tired.

e．Tom fixed the machine to a plant.

f．Tom took the plant outside.

g．The needle returned to zero.

h．Tom cried, “I won't cut you.”

[　　]

A．e; a; g; h; d; b; c; f

B．c; e; d; a; b; h; g; f

C．e; c; a; d; h; b; f; g

D．e; c; a; d; b; h; g; f

2．The only way in which plants can show their love is ________.

[　　]

A．enjoying their owner's love

B．bringing up nicely

C．holding up their heads

D．smiling at their owners

3．According to the passage, which of the following is true?

[　　]

A．Tom wanted to cut off the flowers.

B．Tom said nothing, but the flowers could understand him.

C．The machine didn't work properly.

D．The flowers were getting bad - looking

阅读理解

　　A woman met George Bernard Shaw, the famous English play - writer, at a garden party one afternoon in London.

　　She was the sort of woman who was only interested in people who were rich or famous and she wanted very much to have Shaw as a guest in her own house so that she could show him off to her friends.

　　One day she sent her driver in a Black Rotts Royee to Shaw's home with the following invitation:

　　Lady Whitty Fallwell will be at home on Thursday. the fourteenth of December from 4 to 6.

　　The following reply came back immediately:

　　So will Mr. Shaw.

1．What kind of woman was Mrs. Fallwell?

[　　]

A．She was a very stupid woman.

B．She was a warm -hearted woman.

C．She was only interested in rich or famous people.

D．She tried to have Shaw as her guest.

2．Lady Whitty Fallwell wanted Shaw to visit her house because ________.

[　　]

A．she was a guest - liking woman

B．she wanted to be admired by her friends

C．she wanted to learn something from him

D．they were good friends

3．Rotts Royee in the passage perhaps was ________.

[　　]

4．Mrs. Fallwell invited Mr. Shaw to visit her home ________.

[　　]

A．in her own car

B．and to attend a garden party

C．on Thursday afternoon

D．on the morning of December 14th

5．The famous English play - writer actually ________.

[　　]

A．promised to go to her house on Dec. 14

B．accepted the invitation

C．wanted to see the woman on the same day

D．refused the invitation

阅读理解(从每题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案)

　　Do you live in a city? Do you know how cities began? Long ago, the world had only a few thousand people . These people moved from place to place . They moved over the land, hunting animals for food.

　　No one knows how or when these people learned about growing food. But when they did, their lives changed. They did not have to look for food any more. They could stay in one place and grow it. People began to live near one another. And so the first village grew many people. These villages grew very big.

　　When machines appeared, life in the villages changed again. Factories were built. Cities began to come into being. Some of them grew very big.

　　Today , some people are moving back to small towns. Can you tell why?

　　Choose the best answer for each blank.

1．Long ago, people moved from place to place hunting ________.

[　　]

A．animals

B．dogs

C．pigs

D．foxes

2．The story says, “No one knows how or when these people learned about growing food. But when they did, their lives changed.” This means ______ appeared.

[　　]

A．Animals

B．Cities

C．People

D．Villages

3．What happened when factories were built? ________

[　　]

A．People began to live in the factories.

B．More and more people lived near the factories.

C．There were many machines in the factories.

D．Many people moved from place to place .

4．Which of the following does this story lead you to believe?

[　　]

A．All people like to live in big cities.

B．It's good to live near a factory.

C．Some people do not like to live in big cities.

D．AII people like to live in small towns.

5．The main idea of the whole story is that ________

[　　]

A．factories were built after the cities grew big.

B．people like to eat when they visit big cities.

C．cities began when people lived and worked near each other.

阅读理解训练

　　Time talks. It speaks more plainly (明白地) than words. Time communicates(交流)in many ways.

　　Consider the different parts of the day, for example. The time of the day when something is done can give a special meaning to the event. Factory managers in the United States fully realize the importance of an announcement made during the middle of the morning or afternoon that takes everyone away from his work.

　　In the United States . it is not customary(通常的，习惯的) to telephone someone very early in the morning. If you telephone him early in the day, while he is shaving (刮脸) or having breakfast, the time of the call shows that the matter is very urgent (紧急的) and requires immediate attention. It is the same with telephone calls made after 11:00 p. m. If someone receives a call during sleeping hours, he probably thinks it is a matter of life or death. The time chosen for the call communicates its importance.

　　The meanings of time differ in different parts of the world. Thus, misunderstanding arises (出现) between people from cultures (文化) that treat time differently . In the United States, people tend (趋向于) to think of time as something fixed in nature, something from which one can not escape. As a rule, .Americans think of time as a road into the future, along which one progresses. The road has many sections (段) , which are to be kept separate… “one thing at a time” . Thus, an American may feel angry when he has made an appointment (约会) with someone and then finds a lot of other things happening at the same time.

　　Americans look ahead and are concerned(与……有关系) almost entirely with the future. The American idea of the future is limited, however. It is the foreseeable future and not the future of involving (牵连) many centuries. Since time has much different meanings in different cultures, communication is often difficult. We will understand each other a little better if we can keep this fact in mind.

1．According to the passage, an announcement made during the day in a factory must be very important because ____.

[　　]

A．it interrupts the work of all employees

B．it is made by the manager

C．it makes everyone lose his job

D．it communicates in many ways

2．In the United States, a phone call made after 11:00 p. m. is considered ________ in the view of the writer.

[　　]

A．as important as one made in the morning

B．impolite since it disturbs the receiver's sleep

C．to be a threat (恐吓) to the receiver's life

D．even more urgent than one made early in the morning.

3．An .American may feel angry if ________.

[　　]

A．he is to deal with many things at one appointed time

B．people from different cultures misunderstand him

C．he cannot escape from something fixed in nature

D．others do not keep things separate

4．The expression “the foreseeable future” could be most suitably replaced by ________.

[　　]

A．the future that will not be far away

B．the future that one looks forward to

C．the future toward which one makes progress

D．the future which involves centuries

5．The writer concludes that people of different countries will understand each other better if ________ .

[　　]

A．they know how to communicate with each other

B．they are concerned with the future

C．they learn the way time communicates

D．they keep in mind that different cultures treat time differently

阅读理解

　　Indianapolis is the capital and largest city of Indiana ,USA , with a Population of 744,000 ,it is one of the largest cities in the world that cannot be reached by water. However, Indianapolis is a city through which many railways , roads, buses and planes pass. There are many factories which make trucks, farm tools , and electrical things. These factories cause pollution for the city. Butler University , well - known for engineering, and the law and medical schools of Indiana University are in the city centre . Nearby is the Indianapolis race course , where the nation's most famous car race is held each year on May 30th .

　　If you visited Indianapolis you would be able to find your way around easily because most of the streets cross each other like a chessboard(棋盘) . In the centre of the city , called the circle, stands the soldiers’ and sailors’ Monument ,100 metres high. Also in the centre there are many buildings made of the famous Indiana stone , which makes them white in colour .

1．What is Indianapolis best known for ?

[　　]

A．Its yearly motor race.

B．lts schools and libraries .

C．Its universities and medical schools.

D．Its soldiers’ and sailors’ Monument.

2．You can NOT travel to Indianapolis by ________.

[　　]

A．boat

B．train

C．car

D．bike

3．From the text , what do we learn about the size of Indianapolis ?

[　　]

A．It is the largest city the U. S.

B．It has a population of over a million.

C．It has a population of under a million.

D．It is one of the largest cities in the world .

4．It is easy for a stranger to go about in the city because

[　　]

A．most of the buildings are in the centre of the city

B．there are many different ways of travelling there

C．the buildings are very close to each other

D．the city is planned in squares

5．Many buildings in Indianapolis are white because ________.

[　　]

A．they are painted white every year

B．the Indiana people keep them clean

C．they are made of a special stone

D．there is little pollution from factories

阅读理解

　　One day a few years ago a very funny thing happened to a neighbour of mine. He is a teacher at one of London's big medical schools . He had finished his teaching for the summer term and was at the airport on his way to Russia to give a lecture .

　　He had put a few clothes and his lecture notes in his shoulder bag ,but he had put Rupert , the skeleton(人体骨架)to be used in his lecture ,in a large brown suitcase(箱子) . At the airport desk , he suddenly thought that he had forgotten to buy a newspaper . He left his suitcase near the desk and went over to the shop .

　　When he got back he discovered that someone had taken his suitcase by mistake. He often wonders what they said when they got home and found Rupert.

1．Who wrote the story ?

[　　]

A．Rupert's teacher.

B．The neighbour's teacher.

C．A medical school teacher.

D．The teacher's neighbour.

2．Why did the teacher put a skeleton in his suitcase ?

[　　]

A．He needed it for the summer term in London .

B．He wanted to take it to Russia for medical research.

C．He needed it for the lecture he was going to give.

D．He wanted to take it home as he had finished his teaching.

3．What happened at the airport?

[　　]

A．The skeleton went missing.

B．The skeleton was stolen.

C．The teacher forgot his suitcase.

D．The teacher took the wrong suitcase.

4．Which of the following best tells the teacher's feeling about the incident?

[　　]

A．He is very angry .

B．He thinks it rather funny .

C．He feels helpless without Rupert.

D．He feels good without Rupert .

5．Which of the following might have happened afterwards?

[　　]

A．The teacher got back the suitcase but not Rupert .

B．The teacher got back neither the suitcase nor Rupert .

C．The teacher got back Rupert but not the suitcase .

D．The teacher got back both the suitcase and Rupert .

阅读理解训练

　　Raising pets is not a new thing in China, but recently it has taken on a new meaning.

　　A famous Chinese saying, “wan wu sang zhi”has it that riding a hobby destroys one's will to make progress. The saying had been so popular that even today many people still consider raising pets as a hobby of the idle (游手好闲)。

　　Things have changed much recently and now raising pets has become a popular pastime, resulting in a successful pet care industry.

　　Pet food is sold in almost all supermarkets and many specialty stores for getting needs have been established.

　　Animal hospitals provide various medical services for sick dogs and cats, and pet exchange fairs are held regularly. At the China International Pet Show which took place recently in Beijing, more than 100 factories from across the country exhibited their products. Thousands of dealers and pet owners went to the show.

　　“People's swollen pockets make it possible for many to raise pets, a hobby that used to be enjoyed only by the wealthy." said Wang Wei, who works with the National Kennel Association of China.

　　Wang Yuyan, vice president of the Small Animals Protection Association, agrees,“In many films and novels, having a pet is used as a symbol of wealth. That's not a complete picture.” Wang added that pets are friends in the real sense of the word, not just playthings.“Anyone with a loving nature can raise pets.” Still, the high cost of keeping a pet is something many people have to think about. “I like dogs and cats. But I have neither time. nor money to raise them. ”said Li Jun. in her 40' s a civil servant from Beijing.

　　The cost of raising a dog is high in Beijing, where registration (登记)is a must for all dogs and costs 5 , 000 yuan for each animal. In addition, pet owners must pay for regular injection of Vaccines(疫苗). Most of all, dog food is quite expensive.

　　Unlike his mother, Li Jun' s 10 -year -old son, Li Qiyu, dreams of the day he will have his own pet.“I hope I can have a dog in my house. ” he said.

1．The famous Chinese saying in this passage means ________.

[　　]

A．Chinese people haven' t any hobbies

B．small animals are enemies of the Chinese people

C．raising pets was popular in poor families

D．raising pets has nothing to do with great people in China.

2．Things have changed much recently, because ________.

[　　]

A．people have all become kind - hearted

B．small animals have no places to live in

C．people's living condition is improving

D．more and more people are out of work

3．In big cities in China today, raising pets ________.

[　　]

A．has changed people' s life

B．has destroyed some families

C．has met much difficulty

D．has bought much business for some people

4．According to Wang Yuyan' s opinion, raising pets ________.

[　　]

A．is a necessary job for us all

B．is harmless for most people

C．should be a hobby of the rich people

D．will make the poor happy

5．In Beijing, raising a dog is ________.

[　　]

A．more expensive than raising a bird

B．a dangerous hobby

C．the most popular hobby

D．a dream for all the children

阅读理解

　　A conversation often depends on questions to keep it going in the direction you want it to go. The one who asks the questions in a conversation usually controls the conversation. Various techniques may be necessary to get different sorts of information from different people. Most people are very polite in the way they ask a stranger about something. If you are more direct, you may appear to be very rube! Anyway, personal questions have to be expressed tactfully.

1．If people want to continues his conversation, they' d better keep on ________.

[　　]

A．answering questions given by the others

B．asking questions

C．telling interesting things

D．talking something directly

2 . It' s usually ________ to gather information from different people .

[　　]

3．According to the passage, the word “tactfully” means ________.

[　　]

4 . It' s clear that personal questions ________.

[　　]

A．can be asked directly

B．must be asked directly

C．ought not to be asked directly

D．can' t be asked at all

5．What does the writer mainly talk about?

[　　]

阅读理解

　　Valencia is in the east part of Spain .It has port on the sea , two miles away on the coast . It is the capital of a province that is also named Valencia.

　　The city is a market centre for what is produced by the land around the city . Most of the city' s money is made from farming . It is also a busy business city, with ships , railways , cloths and machine factories .

　　Valencia has an old part with white buildings, coloured roofs, and narrow streets. The modem part has long , wide streets and new buildings. Valencia is well - known for its parks and gardens . It has many old churches and museums .The University in the centre of the city was built in the 13th century.

　　The city of Valencia has been known since the 2nd century . In the 8th century it was the capital of Spain. There is also an important city in Venezuela (委内瑞拉) named Valencia.

1．From the text , how many places have the name Valencia?

[　　]

2．What is the main difference between the two parts of the city ?

[　　]

A．The colour of the buildings .

B．The length of the streets .

C．The age of the buildings.

D．The colour of the roofs .

3．When was Valencia the most important city in Spain ?

[　　]

A．2nd century

B．8th century

C．13th century

D．20th century

4．What is Valencia famous for ?

[　　]

A．Its seaport

B．Its University.

C．Its churches and museums.

D．Its parks and gardens

5．The main income of the city of Valencia from its ________.

[　　]

阅读理解训练

　　More and more often we hear people talk about Karaoke (卡拉OK) , But , what on earth it is about , still remains a question for many people .

　　Karaoke is a sort of acoustic equipment (音响设备)which was originally invented in Japan around the middle of the 1970' s . It means “a band without people ” in Japanese. In fact, it is just a music tape without words. This equipment first appeared in some public houses and snack bars (快餐店), and was mainly for the customers to enjoy and relax themselves. Most of the music in Karaoke was popular music . Therefore , at times , then anyone felt like it , he might sing songs to the accompaniment (伴奏) of the music that came from the equipment .

　　Shortly after its invention, Karaoke was spread to the whole world . It was introduced to China and was welcomed by many people . Although you are not a good singer, or even sometimes you may sing out of tune(走掉), you can always enjoy yourself by singing Karaoke.

1．In this passage“band”means“group of persons ________.”

[　　]

A．who play games on the sports ground

B．who play music together

C．living in the same neighbourhood

D．doing things together under a leader and with a common purpose

2．Karaoke is just ________.

[　　]

A．a cassette tape with only music

B．a cassette tape recorder

C．a band from Japan

D．a voice recording equipment

3．The Japanese invented Karaoke about the year of ________.

[　　]

4．People went to public houses and snack bars with Karaoke ________.

[　　]

A．to have a good time

B．to have something to drink

C．to relax themselves

D．both A and C

5．Karaoke was quickly spread to the whole world because ________.

[　　]

A．it could turn you into a good singer

B．people wanted to make lots of money out of it

C．it was a popular way to enjoy oneself

D．this kind of acoustic equipment was very cheap